Curtain-fixture.



NO MODEL.

Patented September 1, 1903.

\VILLIAM 0. BROWN, OF OTTAWA, ILLINOIS.

CU RTAIN-FIXTU RE.

$PECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 737,700, dated September 1, 1903.

Application filed May 2, 1903. $erial No. 155.390. (No model.)

To my, whom it ntaty concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM 0. BROWN, a citizenoftheUnited States,residingatOttawa, in the county of Lasalle, in the State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Curtain-Fixtures, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates generally to curtainfixtures, the object being to provide an improved construction of fixture which can be fitted to a window-frame without using screws or nails; and another object is to provide a fixture which can be quickly and easily attached to window-frames of various widths; and a still further object is to provide adj ustable shade-supports whereby shade-rollers of varying lengths can be used in connection with the fixture.

With these various objects in view the invention consists in the novel features of construction and combination, all of which will be fully described hereinafter, and pointed out in the. claims.

In the drawings forming part of this specification, Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the practical application of my invention. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the fixture detached from the window-frame, the open position of the lever being shown in dotted lines. Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the fixture. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view showing a portion of the fixture. Fig. 5 isa horizontal sectional View of said portion, and Fig. 6 is a sectional view on the line 6 6 of Fig. 5.

In carrying out my invention I employ two plates A, which are provided with guides A upon their front faces and at their upper and lower edges. At the outer ends of these plates A are the outwardly-projecting shoulders A the purpose of which will appear hereinafter.

The wire bails B are connected to the inner faces of the plates, said bails being essentially U -shaped, the bowed portion B extendin g inwardly a considerable distance beyond the inner end of the plate, the ends of the bails being turned inwardly and pointed, as shown at B Link-rods G are connected to the bails B, one of the link-rods being connected directly to the bail, while the other one is connected thereto by means of a chain 0' and hook 0 this chain being employed in order to render the fixture easily adjustable, as by taking up or letting out the link the fixture can be made to accommodate a narrower or wider windowframe, as required.

The link-rods C are connected to the opposite sides of a lever D, said lever having an eccentric head D, and each link-rod is pivotally connected to said head oif the center.

A ring D slides freely upon the link-rod and is adapted to engage the end of the lever and hold same in a locked position, as shown in full lines in Fig. 2.

The shade-brackets E comprise the bracketarms E, which are provided with the usual sockets for receiving the pintles or journals of the shade-roller F, and connected to these bracket-arms are the tubular portions E having flanges E which slide in the guides A. .The tubular portions E serve as housings for the springs G, the outer ends of said springs being connected to the shoulders .A and their inner ends bearing against the bracket-arms E, the normal tendency of said spring being to force the bracket-arm inwardly, as shown.

In operation the fixture is arranged sub stantially as shown in Fig. 2, the lever being open,as indicated in dotted lines. The pointed hooks B are arranged upon the outer faces of the window-frame, and by turning the lever down to the position indicated in full lines and by locking the same by means of the ring the pointed hooks will be forced into the window-frame and securely hold the fixture in place. The shade-roller can then be quickly and easily adjusted between the shade-brackets, and inasmuch as the shade-brackets slide freely in the guides and have springs G arranged in connection therewith it is obvious that said brackets can be used for supporting various lengths of shade-rollers,as the springs will cause the brackets to accommodate themselves to the length of the roller.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A curtain-fixture comprising the plates having guides upon their forward faces, and bails upon their rear faces, said bails having pointed hooked ends, the link-rods connected to the bails, and the lever to which the linkrods are connected, and the spring-actuated link-rods connected to the bails, the lever to brackets comprising the bracket-arms, and

shade-brackets sliding upon the forward face of the plates, as set forth.

2. A curtain-fixture comprising the plates having guides and shoulders upon the front faces and bails upon the rear faces, the ends of said bails being hooked and pointed, the

which the link-rods are connected, the shadethe tubular portions provided With flanges, and the springs arranged in the tubular portions and connected to the shoulders of the plates, substantially as set forth.

3. A curtain-fixture comprising the plates having the guides and shoulders,the U -shaped scribed. WILLIAM 0. BROWN.

WVitnesses:

J. J. MURPHY, SAMUEL W. PORTER. 

